41st IUPAC Council Meeting
Nominee for the Bureau
Prof. Gus Somsen
(Netherlands)Reappointment
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Prof. Gus Somsen
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Education and Career: Prof. Somsen graduated in chemistry in
1956 after study at Vrije University in Amsterdam and at the University
of Utrecht. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry after working
with Prof. Jan Coops.
After military service as an officer in the field artillery (1956-1958),
Prof. Somsen joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at Vrije
University as an instructor (1959-1964). He was subsequently promoted
to associate professor (1964-1971) and then to professor of physical
chemistry (1971-1997). Prof. Somsen served as head of the Department
of Chemistry (1980- 1983 and 1993-1997), vice rector (1983-1985), dean
of faculty (1985-1987), and member of the University Council (1988-1990)
at Vrije University. He has been an emeritus professor at Vrije since
1997.
Research Activities: Prof. Somsen has research interests in
experimental chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry of solutions,
and liquids and liquid structures. He has authored about 120 publications
on thermochemistry and physical chemistry of solutions.
Related Professional Activities: Prof. Somsen holds memberships
in the Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (Netherlands) and
the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). He has served as a member of the
editorial advisory boards of Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas
(1981-1989), Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (1985-1990 and
chairman, 1991-2000), and Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday
Transactions (1990-1993).
Prof. Somsen has also served as secretary of the Division on Liquids
and Interfaces of the Dutch National Organization for Chemical Research
(SON, 1977-1980 and 1985-1989), director of the North American Calorimetry
Conference (1977-1979, 1984-1986, and 1992-1994), member of the Academy
Commission on Chemistry of the Ko n i n k l i j ke Nederlandse Akademie
van Weten-schappen (1981- 1991), and member of the National Reviewing
Committee on chemical education at the universities in The Netherlands.
Awards: Prof. Somsen has won the Medal Uniwersytet Lódzki
from the University of Lódz, Poland (1994); the Swietoslawski
Medal from the Polish Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis, Poland
(1994); and a designation as Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau from
Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands (1995).
IUPAC Activities: Prof. Somsen currently serves as an Elected
Member of the IUPAC Bureau (1998-2001), a Member of the Project Committee
of the Bureau (1999-2001), and an Associate Member of the Physical and
Biophysical Chemistry Division (I) Committee (2000-2001). His previous
IUPAC positions include the following: Member (1977-1985) and Chairman
(1985- 1989) of the Commission on Thermodynamics (I.2); Member (1990-1991),
Secretary (1992-1993), Vice President (1994-1995), President (1996-1997),
and Past President (1998-1999) of the Physical Chemistry Division (I);
and Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Project Evaluation Criteria
(1998).
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